This Week in White Supremacy: Week 31

Just two weeks before Starbucks is set to close thousands of locations for “racial-bias education,” for its employees, the coffee company is once again facing scrutiny after a barista at a store in La Cañada Flintridge, California, targeted a Hispanic customer with a racial slur. NBC San Diego

“It took the White House 22 days to acknowledge Waffle House hero James Shaw, who stopped a shooter, unarmed, and then raised $250k for the victims. It took Trump 24 hours to personally acknowledge white supremacist Tomi Lahren for getting a drink thrown on her.” @KaivanShroff

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